TY - JOUR T1 - Taxonomic Analysis of the European Private<br/>Equity Market JF - The Journal of Private Equity SP - 34 LP - 39 DO - 10.3905/jpe.2014.17.4.034 VL - 17 IS - 4 AU - Zbigniew Drewniak Y1 - 2014/08/31 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/17/4/34.abstract N2 - Private equity and venture capital are still recognized as a modern source of companies’ funding. In this article, the data describing the European private equity market are provided across the scope of investment process stages: fundraising, investment, and divestment. To rank European private equity markets on the basis of chosen variables, a taxonomic method of analysis was used. As a result, we find that three countries are leading the European private equity market: the United Kingdom, Germany, and France.TOPICS: Private equity, developed, analysis of individual factors/risk premia, statistical methods ER -